Pittston Gazette

              f ItMfltiJllSk € WEATHER indications. r (THE HOME PAPER. 7 4;oreca«t Until 8 p. m.'Tomorrow, for For the Poop la of Pittston and Vicinity. Eastern Pennsylvania. L wftli cooler wei j, ■ jorticm; 81,1 ' ft* ALL THE HOME NEWS. SAT iRDAY, AUGUST 6, 1904. TWO (iKNTS A OOPV. I Q TJ A n WQ FOIiTY OKNT8 A MONTH. ( " rAulKJ. 55th YEAR. WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1850. DAILY EST. BY THEO. HART 1882. P1TTSTON, R RUN ON PACKERS' BANK. PARKER'S RESIGNATION. THE FALL OF PORT ARTHUR FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. NINE BATHERS WERE DROWNED I r^FFFirFF)r)r| PEOPLE S STORE Rumor Starts Mad Rush of Depositors When You New York Stock Markets, furnished by M. S. Jordan & Co., stock brokers, Miners' Bai*k building. Am Sugar 132 Am Par & F .. .. 18% Amal Copper .... 52 on Chicago Institution. No Stamps But Full Value for Your Money. Read Items bolow. You'll find them interesting : Chicago, Aug. 0.—The strike in the paeking houses was practically lost eight of for a whole day in tlie excitement attending 4 run on the Drovers' Trust and Savings bank, one of the stockyards institutions. The rush of t|p depositors tofthe bank started early beeausd of an Unfounded rumor "that one of the packers' representatives had withdrawn his rtoney from the institution and reports that the bank was being used by the packing companies as an adjunct in paying off their new employees who have taken the places of the strikers. Order 131% 18% Man and Eight Little Girls Lost in the Mississippi. Step Taken During Brief Session of Court of Appeals. Stegmaiers' BEER An Unconfirmed Report in London Today. Am Loco .. Atchison com 20% 78% 52 20% 78% 51% 84% 34% 40% One case summer lawns nice assortment of patterns for 3c a yd. Children's trimmed hats, regular value $1.00, reduced to 39c each. Indies' and children's sun bonnets for 10c each. B. R. T 51% 13. & O  Ches & Ohio .. Chicago & Alton Col Southern .. 84% 34% 40% 49 BIG BATTLE REPORTED. ONE OF PARTY GAINS SHORE 25 YEARS ON THE BENCH. 49 25% 117% 119 93% 61% 148 Brio .. .. r,. & N. .. . Met St Ry .. Mo Pacific Norf & West 25% Boys' sailor suits, regular value 75c and $1.00, your choice for 39c a suit. Telegram Received in St. Petersburg 117% 119 93% 61% 117% 118% 93%. Resignation, Made In Time to Prevent Appointment of Successor by Governor Odell, Takes Immediate Effect—A Possible Successor. Says That the Japanese Lost 13,000 Alton (III.) Children, Joining Hands, Go Wading on Sand Bar In the River and Suddenly Stepping Into the Deep Channel Are Lost. you know you are not going to get something that merely looks like beer, but that you are going to get beer itself just as made from choice Malt and Hops. There's cheaper beer on the market—beer that pays the dealer more profit than Stegmaiers'—but when the dealer wants beer for his own use he orders Stegmaiers'. WHY don't you use the same good judgment.Killed and Wounded in an Attack 61% 148 All (lay long of excited depositors, most of whom had only small accounts In tlio bank, stood in line to withdraw their deposits. When closing time came there were at least a thousand persons waiting for their money. The officials of the bank, determined to meet tin- emergency, called in extra tellers, and the place was kept open until every depositor who presented himself at the window had been satisfied. The paying windows of the bank were kept open until after 8 o'clock p. m. Nearly two hour - before that time the last man in line bad been paid his deposit in full and fresh arrivals had ceased coming. Ladies' shirt waist suits, always sold for $3.00, if we have your size only $1.48. on the Russian Center. St. Paul .. Out & West Pennsylvania 148% .31% 120% 31% 120% 101% 52% 31 % 120% 101% Alton, 111., Ails. C1.—While bathing in the Mississippi river Michael Riley, Ills daughter ami seven of tlie latter's little girl friends were drowned. One child who was in the ,party was rescued.Albany, N. Y., Aug. ({.—Alton R. Parker has ceased to he chief justice of thu court of appeals after twenty-live years of continuous service 011 tlie bench. 10 dozen percale wrappers all sizes for 39c each. Window shades with spring rollers for 7c each. London, Aug. 6.—A dispatch from Nagasaki, Japan, states that, a report is current that Port ArtHtir has fallen. The rumor is given little credenco here. * Pen Gas Heading .. Kock Island .. So Pacific .. So Rwy com . T. C. & 1. ... Texas Pacific . Union Pacific . IT. S. Steel . . XT. S. Steel pfd 101% 52% 23% 50% o o ;v 6 o V8 23% 50% He arrived in tills city to keep an engagement made with the appeals judges and for an hour or more was with them in the consultation room, where they passed upon sixty-six opinions. practically clearing the calendar of the court. The judges present were Parker, O'Brien, Martin, Vanii, Cnllen and Werner. The absentees were Judges Gray, Bartlett and Haighd 1 lot of Ladies' belts, all kinds to choose from, your choice for 9c. Men's suspenders made from good webbing with good strong buckles, only 8c a pair. Men's turkey red handkerchiefs, large size, 4c each. SI. Petersburg, Aug. 6.—A telegram from Liao Yang states that the Japanese lost. 13,000 killed and wounded in an attack on the Russian center. 25% 44% 27% 25% 44% 27% 25% Itiley lived near the river in the southern part of the city and was accustomed to bathe on tlie beach in front of his home after his return from 44% 27% 96% 96% 96% 12% 59% 12% 59% work RUSSIANS GLOOMY. His little daughter begged to pro with him, and Riley took her and eight of her girl friends to the bench with him. Official Reports of Recent Disasters Price 50c per dozen. Both 'phones. Men's good strong working shirts, well made, worth 50c, very social price 25c each. Reach St. Petersburg WARSHIPS FOR SMYRNA. It is estimated that upward ofJliOOO depositors called and withdrew their deposits during the day. When the run was at its height the bank withdrew of its deposit with the Commercial National bank and a like amount from the First National bank in order to prevent any possibility of the bank bting unable to meet its ob- \Vhen the session was at an end. Judge Parker invited correspondents Into the main chamber, introducing them to tiie several judges. Then before a question could be asked as to his resignation lie turned and, with a wave of his hand, said, "Gentlemen, this room was mine." In the next moment he called Huell C. Andrews, one iDf the clerks, and, handing him an envelope, asked him to tile it with the secretary of state. To the correspondents a copy, which read as follows, was given out for publication: Stegmaier Brewing Co j St. Petersburg, Aug. CD. The official reports of (!enera 1 Kuroki describing the battles fought at Yosholing and at the Yangtse pass on Sunday anil Monday have been received here, and it Is well within the facts to say they have caused more disquietude to the army staff than anything hitherto reported in the war, When they entered the water Riley bade the children join hands, and they all waded into the river and walked along a sand bar which stretches out into the stream at that point. Naval Demonstration to be Made by No Stamps given here. Uncle Sam Against Turkey—Eu PITTSTON, PENN'A. PEOPLE S STORE, ropean Squadron Ordered Cut, They had gone some distance from shore when suddenly the whole party disappeared beneath the water, having in the darkness stepped from the sand bar into the deep channel. Washington, Aug. 0.—Acting on a request from the -slate department the secretary of thy navy to,lay ordered Hear Admiral Jewell, commanding the European squadron, to immediately proceed with Iris fleet to Smyr- NEW 'I'lIONE 5452 ALWAVS THE CHEAPEST. 15 Hoiitli Main Street, Pittston The ease with which General Kuroki turned the left of the Russian northern army at Yosholing, the advantage of position being with the czar's troops, makes it clear that his army at tlmt point must be several divisions strong notwithstanding that his account gives the impression that only a brigade was engaged. It is known that he drove 18,000 European soldiers ten miles west with the loss of nearly 2,000 men in killed and wounded, capturing several hundred officers and men, with food supplies and ammunition. "We have plenty of money to meet any kind of a run." said Vice President William A. Tilden after the bank had been closed for tin.1 night. "We had over $3CxD,OUO in our own vaults and besides the taken from the downtown banks have received offers of assistance from the First National bffnk of Chicago, the National l'ark bank of New York and the Standard Trust bank of New York. None of these offers will be accepted, as we have on hand all the money we need." ligations. \C4f+4*+S4+4 The children struggled and screamed, lighting desperately to reach the sand bar, where the water was only a foot or (jo in depth. Riley, who is said to have been a good swimmer, is thought to have been made helpless by the girls clinging to him and hampering his efforts to save them. Til is action, it. is admitted in of BRENNAN & ROBERTS Price List. Cleaning up Sale on Oxfords Starting Saturday, Aug. 6 flc'al circles, means a naval demonstration is to he made against Tur-' key. The European squadron consists of ilie Ol.vmpia. the Baltimore and the Cleveland, and the vessels are now "I hereby respectfully resign my oftice as chief judge of the court of appeals of tire state of New York, such resignation to take effect immediately." The only one in the party to regain the sand bar was Mary Tlminy, eight years old. The child is unable to tell how she saved herself. Kept His Secret Well. Best patent flour .. $5.40 ,11 ?D ici The Democratic candidate declined to discuss his resignation, but several of his associate's were anxious to be quoted in expressing their high regard for Mr. Parker. It lteeame known after the session that Judge Parker had written ids associates three weeks ago asking them to hold yesterday afternoon's meeting and wind up the business of the court, so that lie might go more actively into politics. Potatoes, per bushel . "Do It Today." Meal and chop . 1.20 .The time-worn injunction, "Nover put off 'til tomorrow what you can do today," is now generally presented in this form, "Do it today!" That is the terse advice we want to give you about that, hacking cough . or demoralizing cold with which you have been struggling for several days, perhaps weeks. Take sonijC reliable remedy for it today—and "let that remedy be Dr. Boscliee's German Syrup, which has been in use for over 35 years. A few doses of it will undoubtedly relieve your cough or cold, and it continued use for a few days will cure you completely. No matter how deep-seated your cough, even if dread consumption has attacked your lungs, German Syrup will affect a cure—as it has done In thousands of apparently hopeless cases of lung trouble. New trial bottles, 25c; regular size. 75c. For sale by Stroh's pharmacy. 3 S. Main St., Pittston, and 123 Luzerne avenue, W. Pittston. Kile.v was thirty-two years old. and the ages of the children drowned ranged from eight to fourteen years. Corn and cracked corn ... ... 1.20 Visit our Store His victory on the same days with his left wing at the Yangtze pass, twelve miles farther south, is not regarded with as much significance, but his strength at Yosholing indicates to the most enlightened officers here that there is nothing whatever to prevent him from seizing Mukden whenever his plans call for a march upon this Russian base. The Yosholing pass is twenty-seven miles east by northeast of laaoyang and only about the same dUtnmm HouthOaftt from Mukden. Strike Declared at an End. 1.20 St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. U.—The packing house managers here maintain that the strike is at an end as far as they are concerned. A large nUndter of strikers have returned to work in the several plants. The managers assert that many of the employees in the mechanical trades who went out in sympathy two weeks after the strike order was issued have been taken Bran and middlings Bargains for Everyone QUORUM IN CUBAN SENATE Hay, long and cut . 3 bundles straw .. Child's Patent Leather Slippers, size 5 to 11, wore 7uc and #1.00, New Rule Adopted Will Enable That Dairy Butter .... Body to Transact Business, Full cream cheese  now, a pair 50c Girls' Patent Leather Oxfords, size 11J to 2, were $1.00 and $1.25, Havana, Aug. 0.—For the first time in several weeks a quorum lias been secured in the senate, and a resolution was passed declaring that the constitution required the presence of a twothirds majority in' each house of congress only at the opening of tin- periodic sessions instead of a two-thirds majority at; the daily sittings of congress, as heretofore considered necessary. The Radical senators did not vote. The announcement that Judge Parker had resigned ids position as chief justice of tiie court of appeals was discussed witli great interest by Democratic leaders here, as it means the important place made vacant by the resignation will be tilled by election. Had Judge Parker delayed his resignation uidil after Aug. H his successor would have been appointed by Governor Odell to serve until tiie election in 1!H)5. Lard, pure . Tobacco, all kinds Quart root beer bottles .... now , a pair 75c back Pint root beer bottles . 65 Ouo lot Ladies' Oxforils, wore Of equal import in connection with Kuroki is the swift movement of the Japanese army which won so decisive a victory on Sunday and Monday morning in and about Simuehen. While the Japanese assert that this army was commanded hy (Jeninal Oku, it is believed here almost unanimously by the j?enernl staff that it comprises the main division landing at Takushun under the general command of Lieutenant (Jeneral Baron Nlslil and ac.ting under the direct orders of .Marshal Oyama and his chief of staff, General ltarou Kodaiua. Onions, per peck 40 $1.25, now, a pair 75c ARBITRATION CONGRESS. The only place to buy your groceries is at Ladies' $1.50 Oxfords all solid good styles, closing them out at Plans For International Meeting at St, Louis In September. BRENNAN & ROBERTS, per pair Men's Donyola and Patent Leather Oxfords, were $1.50, now $1.10 Chicago, Ann. CD. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw's suggestion that the ineiiihers of the Interparliamentary group for the promotion t»f arbitration who will arrive in New York from Ku- I'ope tile first week ill September lie taken on a tour through the large industrial centers of the I'nitiKl States was adopted at a meeting here of the committee appointed lDy congress to provide for their entertainment. The Moderates in the house of representatives, following the establishment of this precedent by the senate, can now secure a quorum without the aid of the opposition, thus giving them control of the house. While Judge Parker's resignation was expected, few men have been considered as candidates for the chief justiceship. One of those most prominently mentioned is Judge Edgar M.'Cullen of the court of appeals. 42 North Main St. Next to Eaele Hotel per pair $1.00 Many otlioi's too numerous to mention. We want to clean them out to make room for Fall goods. Not stock worn shoddy goods, but all good styles. 47)rury's prices. The securing of a quorum in each house will enable President I'ahna to send to congress his long delayed message with reference to the additional loan, the distribution of the veterans' pay, the resumption by the government of the work of sanitation of cities and other matters of Importance. Judge Culien is a Democrat, but he has already been Indorsed for the position by t lie bar of Westchester county, regardless of politics. Fillings that last. Dr. Welsh, dentist $5 To Atlantic City and Return At no time since the war opened has St. Petersburg been so gloomy. The officers who were most enthusiastic in the face of all reverses and who planned tin paper from night to night the points at which the Japanese would lie defeated practically have abandoned hope. They fear now not only the destruction of Kuropatkln's army within a week, but are becoming reconciled to Kuroki's descent on Mukden.Via. Lehigh Valley railroad. Tickets on sale Aug. 20, good returning until Aug. 00. Most favorable season to visit the sea shore, surf bathing being nios't comfortable. Ask ticket agents i.ehigh Valley for further particulars. 5Augl4. Prices on Groceries just as low as they have been. It was also decided that each member of the entertainment committee should take charge of the guests as they passed through the state in which such member resides. Honest Weight, Honest Goods, is our Motto. Gold Coin Flour $5.25 Butterfly Flour $5.25 Cream Sponge Flour... $5.25 Sunlight Flour... Best Family Flour OPIUM IN PHILIPPINES. Evans Bros. Committee Recommends Ultimate Pro- The action of the senate was not suggested by President Palnia, who has persisted in a policy of noninterveit*- tion in partisan differences and congressional quarrels. hibition of the Trade. The convention will be held in St. Louis instead of Washington, as was at tirst planned. After the tour the visitors will go to Washington, where they will be greeted by President Manila, Aug. (i.— Tho opium committee appointed by former Governor Taft to investigate the laws and conditions with regard to opium in all oriental countries in if report just presented recommends that the opium traffic in the Philippines lie made a government monopoly at once, so that at the end of three years the importation of opium be absolutely prohibited with the exception of medicinal requirements. $5.25 36.20 Physicians have long been looking for a harmless headache cure. It has been produced by an eminent chemist of the national capital. It is known as Bromo-Pepsin. Besides curing every form of headache almost instantly, Bromo-Pepsin is equally and as promptly efficacious in chronic and acute indigestion and the nervous disorders incident thereto. It is effervescent and pleasant to take and may be had of all up-to-date druggists at 10 cents a bottle. It comes as a boon to mankind and womankind. For sale by Stroll's Pharmacy, aOTTSlyr Chop ami Meal $1.15 44 and 4G South Main St. Corn and Cr. Corn... Bran and Midds  Oats, per bushel  Hay, long and short. ]9 lbs. Gr. Sugar .$1.15 $1.15 . .5:5c Ammon Must Serve Time. Roosevelt Japanese Near the Fortress. Albany, N. Y„ Aug. ti. Robert A. Amnion, convicted and sentenced to serve not less than four years Tior more than four years anil six months -in state prison for receiving $:tCi,OOn of the money collected by William Miller in the so called Franklin syndicate of Brooklyn, must serve out his sentence. The conviction was secured in June, 15103, and was subsequently affirmed by the appelliiiti0division of the first department: Miller, the convicted head of the syndicate, was the principal witness against Amnion, and it was mainly on his testimony that the conviction was secured. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment of the lower court without opinidn. BASEBALL. 85c . ..$1.00 For WEDDINGS Clnuforc ! For FUNERALS ' Berlin, Aug. ti. The National Zeitung prints a private telegram from Tokyo, dated Aug. 5, in which it is stated that there are five Japanese divisions before Port Arthur, part of them within three and a half miles of the fortress, and that there are altogether twenty Japanese divisions in Manchuria. The telegram says that Tokyo is exporting the fall of Port Arthur and the capitulation of (Jeneral Ivuropatkin on the Results of Games In National, American and Eastern Leagues. 20 lbs. A. Sugar 21 lbs. Br. Sugar Arbuckles' Coffee Lion Coffee  Del. Co. Butter .21e Full Cream Cheese 11c Sweitzer Cheese lGc Brick Cheese 13c Pure Lard 10c Pail Lard ...11c Clean Seeded Itaisins 10c Cleaned Currants 08 California Peaches 1 lc California Apricots 11c Prunes, 3, 4, it 5 lbs 2;Dc Onions, per peck 80c Potatoes, per bushel 80c Cabbage Gc, 7c and 8c William Drury, $1.00 $1.00 ..13c .. i:$c Jnst what yon want in floral decorations on short notice. We can do mnoh (or you at a reasonable price. (new phone) J.B.CARKNTER. m tm it. iietei bin NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Boston—St. "Louis, 2; Huston, 3. Dunk'uvy, McLean; MeNichols, Neeiihani. At Philadelphia--Cincinnati, 5; Philadel Walker, Schlei; Duggieby, Both STANDING OF THK CLUBS. W. L. F.i*. W. L. P. Jew York U4 25 .711) St. Louis.. 41) 45 Chicago... 54 3ti .tkMi Boston.... 37 5 Pittsburg. 52 U»J .591 Brooklyn. 32 6 Cincinnati 55 39 .585 Phila'phia 24 0 'I'lio committee further recommend* tliut only continued habitues Dpf the drug who are over twenty-one years of age be grunted u smoker's license, that an educational campaign against the use of opium be started in the schools, that the habitues of the drug be treated free of charge in government hospitals and that the punishment D of Chinese found guilty of importing opium be deportation. pliia, 2. ,5L't :tx3 ,344 Ml Clearance Sale at the Magnet DURYEA. name day The Size of Siberia AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Cleveland—New York, 5; Cleveland, 0. Powell, McGuire,- Hernhard, Buetow. At Huston—Detroit, 4; Boston, 3. Young, Ciiger; Mnllin, Bevllle. Few persons realize the size of this Hatlstead employes were paid to- immense country, and as an illustration it is said that the United States, with its posses-sinus and all of Europe except Russia could be put. into Siberia and considerable territory would be left over. As an illustration of the value of Hostetter'S Stomach Hitters we point to its 50 years' record of cures and the thousands of letters received from grateful people everywhere. Have you ever tried it for stomach* liver or bowel disorders? If day. Mi Jennie Wood, of Scranton At Si. Louis—Washington, 4; St. Louis, 5. Townsend, Clark; Glade, Kahoe. At Chicago—Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 3. Plank, Powers; Owen, Sullivan. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. P.C. W. Lu P.C. New York 55 34 .622 Cleveland. 48 40 .545 Chicago... 58 30 .017 St. Louis.. 35 48 .422 Boston.,.. 55 35 .till Detroit.... 35 53 .398 Phila'phia 50 Sit .502 Wash'ton. 18 ti'J .207 EASTERN LEAGUE. At Rochester—Toronto, 10; Rochester, 7. Currie, Raub; Faulkner, Nichols. Second Game—Toronto, 7; Rochester, 4. Currie. Raub; Faulkner, Nichols. At Montreal—Buffalo, 2; Montreal, 3. Brackett, Shaw; Adams. Gibson. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. w. l. r.c. w. I*. p.c. Buffalo... 48 31 llOH Montreal.. 38 40 .487 Baltimore 4Ci 33 .582 Toronto... 42 45 . 483 Newark... 44 3tD .550 ProvJ'ence :Ui 44 .450 Jersey fc'y 44 37 .543 Rochester. 25 57 . 305 Campbell, Rozelle & visiting gess Warren and Jacob Shiebel purchased driving horses. New Railway to Enter Pittsburg. For the next 10 days we will give some rare values. This is our Semi-Annual Clearance Sale, and we shall make it the largest in point of values. have Pittsburg, Aug. tD.—Official announcement is made that Pittsburg is to have another railroad. Engineers for the Lake Erie and Pittsburg Railway company have Just completed the surveys for the new road, which is expected will be opnncd for business by this time next year. The Lake Erie and Pittsburg Railway company recently purchased 140 acres of land at Lorain, O., for the lake terminal. The right of way from Lorain to Youngstown, (D., has been secured, and most of the work on that portion of the road has been completed as. far as the Cuyahoga river, and the road will be complete*! to Youngstown within a few months. A. C. Watson and daughter, Clara were visitors in Wyoming today. Webster The Ladies' Aid society of th-j P. M. church are preparing for 1141 i'nglish lea to 1)C held at tlie hose Aug. 30 Leading Grocer of Wyo. Valley, 11-13 SOUTH MAIN ST. Warehouse on Charles Street. house on 19 lbs. Sugar  Best Dairy Buttor.. 4 doz. Sweet Pickles  Sour Pickles, per doz  Sliced Boiled Ham, per glass .15 Chip Beef, per glass, 15c and 25c Prunes, 2, 3 and 4 lbs 25 Rice, 3 and 5 lbs 25 Pint Mason Jars, per doz... Quart Mason Jars, per doz.. 2 quart Mason Jars, per doz. Jelly Glasses, per doz  Fine Brick and Limburger Cheese Fresh Vegetables every morning 1.00 .21 .25 .10 Just a few prices to give you an idea of what we are doing: not, take our advice and commence Uxlay. CJCKDd health always follows. It lever falls in cases of sick headache, loafing, indigestion, dyspepsia, constiation, cramps, insomnia, nervousC'ss, malaria or bowel complaints. I'lionte women, too, are soon restored health and strength hy the Ultra. Try it. Mrs. Bruce Knapp and two daughters. of El Paso, Texas, are visiting Mrs. Knapp's sister, Mrs. Frank T. A. DURKIN. 1 Lot Calico and pert-ale wrapiDers, trimmed with deep flounce and braid, Worth use. Sale price  Sampson Class 5, of the P, M. Sunday school, ■Will hold an ice cream social in»xt Sat I Lot Ladies' Muslin underskirts, deep flounce trimmed with u inch torchon lace and dust ruffle. st»o quality  Best Patent Flour $"D.25 Bartel's Bottled Beer, Ale and Porter, 2 doz. cases $1.00 Feed, per 100 lbs $1.15 Pabst Bottled Famous Milwaukee Beer, 2 doz. cases $1.20 Potatoes, fancy stock, per pk .20 Pure Ilye Whiskey, full quart bottles 75c to $1.50 Chase & Sanborn's Teas and Coffees at same price you are paying for inferior quality. Bass's Ale, Guineas's Stout. Dairy Butter . 21 Im'd and Domestic Wines & Gins Mineral or Table Waters. Work on John Harris' house is progressing rapidly. Both the foundation and the superstructure are being built of cement blocks by a company composed of Messrs. Freeman, Giiboy, Regan and deary. unlay evening l Lot Large cotton Imtts, best quality, luc kind, sale price.... ,.5o Taggart In New York to Stay, .45 .50 .(55 .25 l Lot Children's ?5c and 9Se imrsols. Sale price 50c Rocky Glen is It. Megan t ball "room and dance free ry night. See Capt. Hinenuut and dogs, 4 and 8:30 p. m. Fine boat- Operatorft Suggest Arbitration. Now York, Auk. tl.—Thomas Tnggart, C'linirmtin of the Democratic national committee, bus returned to this city after a short visit to his home in Indianapolis. Tangart was asked how longr tje#expccted to remain in New York this time and replied that he should remain until Parker was elected president of the United States. Wilkes barre, lva., Aug. (I.—At 1 hp meeting of the anthracite board of conciliation at the request of the miners the operators presented a plan for the settlement of the check weighinen mid H'heck docking boss questions, which have caused so tnuob trouble in the upper coal lields. The operators ask that the entire controversy be submitted to Judge George Gray, 4ho chairman of the anthracite coal strike commission, bis decision to he final atul binding. The miners asked for tinu* to consider the proposition. 1 Lot Children's parasols The machinery in the new s- Ik mill was tested yesterday and worked satisfactorily. It is expected tliat the mil! will lie placed in operation within a few days. There is no lae'e of applications for positions. 1 Lot Silk floss pillows all sizes.Vrom.. .250 1 Lit Ladies' 25c lace ribbed hose. Sale price  and fine restaurant. Roller coastopen ou Saturday afternoon. 5A2 l Lot Ladies' me corsets to close 1 Lot Ladies' silver and cilt shirt waist sets, 15c kind, our Sale price  $5 Niagara Falls and Return, Children $2.50. Via. Lehigh Vuilpy 'Iroad. Tickets will be sold Aug. 17, turn limit including Aug. 21. A trip The funeral of Dr. Damp man, of Wiikesliarre, who had many r3lativos and friends in this vicinity, will take place tomorrow afternoon. The remains will be brought hero for interment in Marcy cemettery. T1 e deceased wan a member of the Order of Good Fellows, and the Duryea members of the order wdll attend the fun- We Give Red Star Trading Stamp* and Full Weights Guaranteed. l Lot Ladies' soo low collars, Hale price. 25c Diamonds Taken From Summer Home. l Lot Ladies' silk shirt waist', black and colors, worth *s.ao and *4.1*1. your choice »l.oo five days to the famous cataract at tinlmum cost. Side trip tickets to Toronto and Alexandria Hay, on Kale .it Niagara Falls at low fares to holders of excursion tickets. Ask agents Lehigh Valley railroad for further particulars. jy21eodAug 16 Center Harbor, N. II., Auk. 6.—It has been discovered that Mrs. John ID. Hates of 101 Commonwealth avenue, Boston, lias been robbed of diamonds valued at $5,500. The robbery took place at The Brlera. Mrs. Bates' sum mer home here. There is no clew to the robber. BIDS FOR LABOR DAY PICNIC. Bids will be received by the undersigned tlDr refreshments mid uaincs at the Central Labor Union nlunicat Valley View i'ark on Labor Bay. Intoxieat ini; liC|iinrs exeluiled. Bids must he in l»y Aukuhl lu. T. A. DURKIN. 45 S. Main St Both 'phones. i2i MAGNET 87 8. Main St., Pittston. Vegetables at Sharp's. Full line of vegetables and fruits In season. Sharp's. eral Thomas Lahey, Secretary. 15 Montgomery St., West Pittston Corner Dock Street.